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12747363, the 78-year-old chanting the word "n***a" several times
Posted by rdhull, Tue Mar-10-15 05:20 PM
>Video Appears To Show Oklahoma Frat's House Mom Chanting
>'N***a' Several Times
>The Huffington Post | By Katie Sola
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>Posted: 03/10/2015 3:02 pm EDT Updated: 1 hour ago
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>Shortly after the house mother at the University of Oklahoma
>Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter said she couldn't
>believe her charges sang a racist song, the school's newspaper
>drew attention to a video that appears to show the 78-year-old
>chanting the word "n***a" several times.
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>In an interview with CBS, Beauton Gilbow -- who said she's
>lived at fraternity house for 15 years -- tearfully told a
>reporter she was surprised by the actions of members filmed
>singing "There will never be a n***** in SAE" on a bus.
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>"I heard the words. Unbelievable. This is not... this is not
>SAE," she said.
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>Monday evening, the Daily Oklahoman published a video of what
>appears to be Gilbow chanting "n***a" seven times as Trinidad
>James' "All Gold Everything" plays in the background.
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>The lyrics to the song read "Don't believe me, just watch
>n***a, n***a, n***a," but the word is never repeated seven
>times.
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> Vine Link! https://vine.co/v/bg5KM7Fx7zJ
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>Vine user demi stevenson uploaded the video on Feb. 24, 2013.
>The University of Oklahoma student directory lists a Demi
>Leigh Stevenson as a junior in the College of Arts and
>Sciences. Emails to her school address were not returned.
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>Gilbow was not immediately available for comment.
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>On Monday, OU President David Boren decried the actions of the
>fraternity brothers seen in the video and announced the
>university had "severed" ties with the chapter. He ordered
>members to vacate the house. A statement from the school read,
>in part:
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>To those who have misused their free speech in such a
>reprehensible way, I have a message for you. You are
>disgraceful. You have violated all that we stand for. You
>should not have the privilege of calling yourselves
>“Sooners.” Real Sooners are not racist. Real Sooners are
>not bigots. Real Sooners believe in equal opportunity. Real
>Sooners treat all people with respect. Real Sooners love each
>other and take care of each other like family members.
>Two students who were "identified as playing a leadership role
>in the singing of a racist chant" were expelled from the
>university Tuesday. "There is zero tolerance for this kind of
>threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma,"
>Boren said in a statement.
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